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• 12/28/2000 -- California regulators hold hearings on electricity rate increases
  The California Public Utility Commission held emergency public hearings Wednesday on rate increase requests by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co.
• 12/28/2000 -- Moody's softens outlook on California utilities
  Moody's believes the financial stress currently affecting the California investor-owned utilities should not affect the Aaa ratings on the securities issued to recover their above-market assets, otherwise known as stranded costs.
• 12/27/2000 -- Northwest utility proposes novel rate plan
  High wholesale electricity prices in the Pacific Northwest have prompted Portland General Electric to propose a rate plan that will share benefits and losses of the volatile market with customers.
• 12/27/2000 -- AEP�s Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 returns to service
  Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 returned to service Dec. 21 for American Electric Power, marking the first time that Units 1 and 2 have been on-line since September 1997.
• 12/21/2000 -- Power Notes
  Wisconsin Power & Light ... AES Corp. ... Gener ... Equity Oil Co. ... Washington Gas ... SCANA Corp. ... Fayetteville Public Works Commission ... Avista Corp. ... International Power ... and more
• 12/21/2000 -- S&P threatens SOCAL and PG&E with junk bond ratings
  Standard & Poor's threatened to lower the credit ratings of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co. to junk bond status.
• 12/20/2000 -- PG&E proposes pipeline expansion for California market
  With demand for gas and power escalating in California, PG&E Corp. is pursuing an expansion of its interstate Pacific Northwest pipeline system to be completed by late 2002.
• 12/19/2000 -- U.S. Energy Sec. Richardson warns of 'liquidity crisis'
  U.S. Energy Sec. Bill Richardson Tuesday warned California utilities could be facing a 'liquidity crisis' in a meeting in Washington with federal regulators, utilities, and California electricity marketers.
• 12/18/2000 -- Class action lawsuits in Calif. allege restraint of trade and unfair business practices
  Two related class action lawsuits have been filed in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles, against Southern California Gas Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Sempra Energy, El Paso Natural Gas Co., and other companies related to El Paso Natural Gas.
• 12/15/2000 -- FERC order shifts California away from spot market
  The bulk of California electricity transactions would be shifted into the forward from the spot market, under a series of reforms the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopted Friday.